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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1978
RE-ROUTING OF BUS SERVICES
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TWO KMB BUS ROUTES ARE TO BE RE-ROUTED FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY (MARCH 6) TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE LAI KING HILL ROAD AREA AND LAI YIU ESTATE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE TWO BUS ROUTES AFFECTED ARE ROUTE NUMBERS 30 AND 45A.
SOUTHBOUND JOURNEYS OF ROUTE 30 WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO OPERATE VIA LAI KING HILL ROAD AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE.
NORTHBOUND JOURNEYS TO TSUEN WAN FERRY WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO OPERATE VIA PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE, LAI KING HILL ROAD AND THE NEWLY OPENED FLYOVER LEADING TO KWAI FUK ROAD.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE RE-ROUTINGS WOULD BRING A DIRECT BUS SERVICE TO JORDAN ROAD AREA TO THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN LAI KING HILL ROAD.
THE FREQUENCY OF ROUTE 30 WILL ALSO BE INCREASED DURING PEAK HOURS.
ROUTE 45A, WHICH IS NOW A CIRCULAR ROUTE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN FERRY AND LAI KING WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO OPERATE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN FERRY AND LAI YIU ESTATE. THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THIS ROUTE WILL ALSO BE INCREASED.
THE RE-ROUTING OF ROUTE 45A WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS IN LAT YIU ESTATE WITH A DIRECT BUS SERVICE TO TSUEN WAN FERRY.
LAI YIU ESTATE WILL THEN BE SERVED BY THREE BUS SERVICES BUS 45A TO TSUEN WAN FERRY, BUS 46 TO SHAM SHUI PO AND COACH 246 TO STAR FERRY.